The Creation of the Book of Mormon: A Historical Inquiry

Product #: CBM115  
Author(s): LaMar Petersen
Contents: 259 pages

This book provides a fresh examination of the origin of the Book of Mormon. It uses the best available evidence to focus on Joseph Smith's early visions, his use of seer stones, the search for buried treasures, the discovery of golden plates, the witnesses of the Book of Mormon, the process of translation, and various responses to the book - both positive and negative.

The main test is supplemented by some valuable appendices, including a complete transcript of Martin Harris's 1859 interview with Joel Tiffany, an updated version of Problems in Mormon Text, an account of a 1933 interview with Apostle James E. Talmage on Book of Mormon archeological problems, and a recent study comparing the requirements of the Book of Mormon with the currently known evidence in Mesoamerican archaeology.